They call it bitter; we call it pale. Either way, this marriage of British malt and American hops is just what a proper ale should be...

Gigantic Brewing Co.

BANG ON! TASTING: RINGING THE CHANGES

3-9 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 11, Gigantic Brewing Co., 5224 S.E. 26th Ave.;

You'll get the chance today to try five differently hopped, cask conditioned versions of Gigantic's English Bitter/American Pale Ale, Bang On! You'll also learn a bit about the arcane system of British cask measures, because the containers to be tapped are called pins --- half of an English firkin, which, I don't have to tell you,is exactly 40.91481liters, so a pin is 20 liters or about 4.5 imp gallons of beer...read all about it here..

The Gigantic folk are tapping five cask conditioned pins of Bang On! this afternoon at the Gigantic Taproom & Champagne Lounge. Each one has a different hop added to the pin including two with experimental hops and each will be tapped at 3 p.m.

The five different hops are:

EX 881

EX 527

Australian Summer

Australian Sylvia

Brewers Gold

Bang On! Commercial Description: Beer Style: English Bitter / American Pale ABV: 5.6 % 35 IBU. We’re two nations separated by a common language. They call it bitter; we call it pale. Either way, this marriage of British malt and American hops is just what a proper ale should be. We’d say it’s on the money, but they’d call it bang on!